Blogger Latasha Transrina Kebe has a strange fixation with singer Cardi B and publicizing the fact that Cardi B…has herpes? Needless to say, Cardi B was less than thrilled about these comments and brought a lawsuit in Georgia stating claims for defamation and false light. As both of these causes...
This week, The New York Times reported that the convictions of two of the three men charged in the death of civil rights leader Malcolm X will be overturned, after the 2020 documentary series “Who Killed Malcolm X?” led to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reopening the case. Directed by...
On November 18, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Associate Michelle Lamardo moderated a dynamic conversation at DOC NYC 2021 on New Trends in Ethics and Documentaries. Nicole and Michelle were joined by filmmakers Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints) and Jessica Devaney, founder of Multitude Films. They...
This Thursday, November 18, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Associate Michelle Lamardo will lead an engaging discussion at DOC NYC, the largest documentary festival in the United States, on New Trends in Ethics and Documentaries. The panel is held as part of the festival’s “Legal for Docs Day” to explore...
On October 29, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S.4394-A/A.5144-A) which enhances protections for private sector employees from retaliation by their employers for reporting illegal or dangerous business activities. According to Senator Jessica Ramos, a sponsor of the bill, the new law “expands the same whistleblower protections available...
Congratulations to RPJ friend and client Julie Wolf on scoring the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs, for Canadian media power Cineflix, overseeing the company’s global business and legal affairs teams on both scripted and unscripted projects. Julie’s previous roles include Vice President, Business &...
On July 29, RPJ Partner Nicole Page was quoted in Indiewire’s article entitled, “Scarlett Johansson’s Disney Lawsuit Could Shape the Future of Talent Compensation.” The piece details a lawsuit filed by actress Scarlett Johansson against Disney over her loss of earnings from Marvel’s Black Widow, resulting from Disney’s election to...
Broadway curtains are gearing up to rise again this fall after a year of lockdown, but the highly contagious Delta variant and breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals present serious considerations for determining the safest ways to get company members and audiences back in the theater. Partner Ethan Krasnoo weighed in...
Netflix has released the official trailer for Pray Away—directed by Kristine Stolakis and produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Television—scheduled to release on Tuesday, August 3. The documentary chronicles the polarity and popularity of Exodus International, an evangelical church group founded in the 1970’s, most known for...
Congratulations to our client Multitude Films, LLC, producer of APART, one of four episodes comprising the new documentary series Through Our Eyes, which begins streaming on HBO Max on July 22. The series tells the heartbreaking stories of children experiencing a wide range of difficult issues including homelessness, parental incarceration,...